president obama has been under the gun, not disbluft debates, but as president. i don't think they are nervous. i think -- i think what is interesting they haven't had a lot of time in a dynamic where the two of them have been together, as brit points out. that will be interesting, feeling each other out, in a way. i think this debate format lends itself to some unknowns for both of them. they are going to find out -- they may end up liking each other more than they think. >> you said that the onus is on governor romney here? >> i think so. he has ground to make up in the race. he seems to be behind, especially so in some of the key states. and, you know, he needs to have some momentum coming out of this. there are things that -- that have been left out there as issues, by the attacks on him, by the things he hasn't said. so he has ground to make up on making it clear to the voters that he really does have a plausible economic plan, for example. he will need to do that if he can. >> we will be back with more analysis. stick around after the debate. we will have c